Word: mclane
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hampshire State Senator Susan McLane and former Massachusetts State Senator Patricia McGovern agreed that women need encouragement from organizations like the Women's Campaign Fund if they are to continue to make strides in the public sector...
...play's pace and controlling the sometimes frenetic energy. Although some comic moments blow by too quickly to appreciate, the timing is generally impressive and the endless entrances and exits are surprisingly well-synchronized. Also impressive is the vivid red, green and black set, designed by Derek McLane, which allows the cast to revolve in a whirlwind of pointless but comical activity...
...huge expanse of Derek McLane's set perfectly captures the frightening emptiness of the men's lives, and John Ambrosone's cold and mysterious lighting brings out the fear and uncertainly of each character's feelings about himself and the others...
...richness of Derek McLane's set design does much to make up for the heavy-handed direction and the flimsy acting. The play is set in a house which pretends to be a ship--a ship waiting to run itself aground because no one is willing or able to navigate it. The lush blue lighting falls on a mast with a furled sail, a writing desk bearing a huge ship's wheel and a coil of rope...
Bonnie Bedelia, who plays McLane's wife, Holly, does a fine job as one of the many unsuspecting hostages, and adds an element of comic relief. Her ability is wasted by simply using her as a trophy for Willis to claim after he slays his machine-gun toting dragons...